'Code Vein II' review: An approachable but uneven soulslike

Bandai Namco's latest Soulslike has 'Elden Ring' DNA, courtesy of its open world, but it can't maintain the quality of FromSoftware's Game of the Year effort.
GosuGamers

Review: Code Vein 2 is a disappointingly half-baked step down from its predecessor

Code Vein II is a shocking step down from its predecessor in many regards, widening the scope of its environments and maps only to feel more barren and lifeless as a result. Its world is populated ...
TechRaptor

Code Vein 2 Review - An Adequate Take on Open-world Soulslikes

With more of an Elden Ring approach with its open world and (somewhat) non-linearity, Code Vein 2 tries to tap into that formula but just doesn't quite nail its execution, which is a crying shame ...
Game Rant

Code Vein 2 Review

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...
IGN

Code Vein 2 Preview: New Moon, Same Blood

Code Vein getting a sequel, as announced at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, was a pleasant surprise. The original was good! It was one of those games that necessarily didn’t blow people away, but ...
The Escapist

Code Vein 2 release: Everything to know about the anime soulslike sequel

⚠️ This page mixes confirmed information with industry rumors and speculation. We’ll keep it updated as new details and leaks come to light. Code Vein 2 is the sequel to the Soulslike game that saw a ...
GameSpot

Code Vein 2 Dev Promises Swift Improvements For The Game

After Code Vein 2's rocky start, Bandai Namco assures fans that fixes are coming to make it better.
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Code Vein II ‘Prologue’ trailer

Code Vein II features a deep narrative where players and characters are bound by blood, fate, and destiny, set in a future where the last remnants of humanity and Revenants struggle against a world on ...
IGN

Code Vein 2: The Final Preview

“Anime Souls” is a term often used to describe the original Code Vein. And while that is a very simple but fair descriptor – it is after all one of the very few soulslike games with an undeniably ...
PCGamesN

Beloved anime RPG Code Vein finally has a sequel, but it looks very different

Code Vein came out back in 2019 and immediately stood apart from other soulslike games for its anime-inspired visual style and more straightforward storytelling. Though it has the demanding combat and ...
GameSpot

Code Vein II

After Code Vein 2's rocky start, Bandai Namco assures fans that fixes are coming to make it better. Here's how to get every ending in Code Vein 2. Despite fantastic build flexibility, Code Vein 2 ...